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In some Christian churches, such as the western and some eastern sections of the Catholic Church, priests and bishops must as a rule be unmarried men. In others, such as the Eastern Orthodox Church, the churches of Oriental Orthodoxy and some of the Eastern Catholic Churches, married men may be ordained as deacons or priests, but may not remarry if their wife dies, and celibacy is required ...
Pope Francis urged religious orders on Monday to work and pray harder for new priests and nuns to join, as he acknowledged the congregations’ futures are at risk with the numbers of men and ...
Enclosed religious orders of men include monks following the Rule of Saint Benedict, namely the Benedictine, the Cistercian, and the Trappist orders, but also monks of the Carthusians, Hieronymites, along with the male and female members of the Monastic Family of Bethlehem, of the Assumption of the Virgin and of Saint Bruno, while enclosed ...
While the church believes Christians have the right to receive the sacraments, [34] the church does not believe in a right to ordination. [35] The church believes the sacraments work ex opere operato [36] as manifestations of Jesus' actions and words during his life, [37] and that according to dogma Jesus only chose certain men as apostles. [38]
Anglican religious orders are communities of men or women (or in some cases mixed communities of men and women) in the Anglican Communion who live under a common rule of life. The members of religious orders take vows which often include the traditional monastic vows of poverty , chastity and obedience , or the ancient vow of stability, or ...
The pope spoke to and answered questions from a group of seminarians and priests studying in Rome, Italy, on Monday, Oct. 24, according to the full text of the event published on Vatican City’s ...
In practice, ordination was not an impediment to marriage; therefore some priests did marry even after ordination." [7] "The tenth century is claimed to be the high point of clerical marriage in the Latin communion. Most rural priests were married and many urban clergy and bishops had wives and children."
Catholics claim that, while all Christians have the right to receive the sacraments, [4] there is no right to ordination. [5] They further claim that the sacraments work ex opere operato, [6] as manifestations of Jesus' actions and words during his life, [7] and that Holy Orders is the manifestation of Jesus' calling of the twelve apostles. [8]